MOUNTAINS

Discarded climbing equipment and rubbish scattered around Camp 4 of Mount Everest, in a photo taken last month. With the number of commercial climbers soaring, the waste problem has only worsened.

Everest, the world's highest rubbish dump

Jun 18, 2018, 5:00 am
Patients waiting to see a doctor at the ER tent clinic at Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Set up by an American doctor and now run by the Nepal-based Himalayan Rescue Association, the clinic charges foreign climbers for treatment and in return provides s

Tiny tent clinic battles to save lives on Everest

Jun 2, 2018, 5:00 am

World's highest ER battles to save lives on Everest

Jun 1, 2018, 4:42 pm

Two Sherpas break own Everest records

May 17, 2018, 5:00 am

Australian becomes fastest person to summit highest mountains on 7 continents

May 14, 2018, 4:54 pm

Taking shopping to new heights

Apr 27, 2018, 5:00 am

Nepali Sherpa aims for record 22nd Everest summit

Apr 1, 2018, 10:46 am

Winding road to Danube's beauty

Mar 20, 2018, 5:00 am

Climbers back to firmer ground after Sabah quake shock

Mar 10, 2018, 8:56 am
Mountain guides and members of the Mountain Search and Rescue squad were mobilised to evacuate 239 people from Mount Kinabalu after a quake struck on Thursday night.

Sabah quake: Over 230 evacuated

Mar 10, 2018, 5:00 am